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nanias Soco, et al. vs CA, et al.

ANANIAS SOCO and FILEMON SOCO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and CLEMENTE L. SANTIAGO, respondents.

G.R. No. 116013 | 1996-10-21

PANGANIBAN, J.:


When may a new fact, supervening event or circumstance justify the modification or non-enforcement of a final and executory judgment?

The instant petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court arose from a simple case for ejectment filed with the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Malolos, Bulacan, which for thirteen (13) long years had been dragged from one forum to another until it reached this Court. It assails as erroneous the Decision 1 promulgated on February 16, 1994 and the Resolution 2 promulgated on June 22, 1994 by the respondent Court of Appeals, 3 dismissing their petition in...